Package-tie



J. H. REED Y PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 12, 19l9.

13 53,611; PatentedSept. 21,1920;

JAMES H. REED, OF BURNS, OREGON. I

PACKAGE-TIE.

Application 'filed December 12, 1919.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. REED, citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Burns,

in the county of I-Iarney and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Ties, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The primary object of the present inven tion has particular reference to a package tie embodying a flexible metallic plate with a button secured thereto and having a cord carried by said plate for wrapping about a package or the like with the free end of the cord secured beneath the button and also includes the provision of a retaining device carried by the plate for the free end of the cord.

lVith the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in the novel form,

- combination and arrangement of parts herein fully described and shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein like reference characters designate similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a top plan View of the present invention in operative position upon a packa e,

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same with a portion of the package and cord broken away,

Fig. 3 is a developed top plan view of the tie fastener constructed in accordance with the present invention, and

Fig. 4 is an edge elevational view thereof.

Briefly described, the present invention includes a package tie embodying a plate preferably formed of thin flexible metal, although heavy cardboard or the like could be employed and having a knotted end of a tying cord secured to one end thereof. A disk or button is carried by the opposite end of the plate and is adapted to have the tying cord after winding around the package secured beneath the same, while a resilient tongue formed upon the edge of said plate and bent to overlie the same is adapted for engagement with the free end of the cord for retaining the cord in position beneath the disk or button, and to prevent the cord from working loose upon the tie plate.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, there is provided a plate 5, preferably of the configuratlon illustrated Specification of Letters Patent. P atefited Sept,

Serial no. 344,436. i

plate 5 adjacent the'opening 7, there is 'pro-' videdanother opening 8 for the reception of the knotted end of the cord, presently to be described. The opposite end of the plate 5 upon the face thereof has riveted thereto,

a disk or button 9 with the rivet 10 passing centrally therethrough and through the plate 5, while a cord receiving space 11 is provided between the disk 9 and plate 5 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 for the reception of the tying cord.

A retaining spring finger 12 is formed integral with the edge of the plate 5 adjacent the cord receiving opening 8 and is bent upon the line 13 to overlie the plate 5 as illustrated in Fig. 1 with the resilient projecting end 14 thereof adapted for the retention of the free end of the cord therebeneath.

In applying the tying device to the pack age A as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the cord has the knotted end 15 thereof passed through the opening 8 and wrapped about the package in the direction as indicated at 16 over the sides and bottom, and upwardly over the opposite side of the top as at 17 for the resilient connection 14 of the spring finger 12. It will be seen from the above description of the device that a package may be securely tied with the present invention and the accidental displacement of the tying cord will be prevented in view of the retention of' the terminal end 21 thereof beneath the finger extension 14 while the cord will bepreviously retained beneath the button 9. When the device is out of use, the same may be easily suspended upon a file or the like by hanging the same at the point 7 until it is again ready for use.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, the terminal end of the cord 21 extends in a line from the button 9 to the finger extension 14: in a manner to retain the cord beneath the. button.

While there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

l/Vhat is claimed as new is 1. A package tie comprising a flexible metallic plate provided at its edge with an outwardly projecting extension integral therewith, said extension having a tapered portion decreasing in width forwardly, said extension being bent upon its inner longitudinal edge to overhang the metallic plate with said portion bent upwardly at an angle with relation to the plate, a button secured to the top of the plate in alinement with the upwardly bent portion, and a cord secured to the plate near said extension and adapted to be passed about the package and about the button with its free end inserted beneath the upwardly bent portion.

2. A package tie comprising a flexible metallic plate provided at its edge with an outwardly projecting extension integral therewith, said extension having a tapered por tion and bent upon its edge to overhang the said plate, a button secured to the top of the plate, and a cord secured to the plate near said extension and adapted to be passed about the package and about the button with its free end inserted beneath the bent portion of said extension.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. REED. [Ls] Witnesses R. FRED WILLIAMS, G. N. JAMEsoN. 

